Ashley Frawley is senior editor of Compact. She is the author of two books, Semiotics of Happiness: Rhetorical Beginnings of a Public Problem and Significant Emotions: Rhetoric and Social Problems in a Vulnerable Age. Her writing has appeared in UnHerd, and the New Statesman. She is also the former co-host of Sublation

Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss Benjamin Studebaker's essay for Sublation Magazine entitled "The Left Cannot Make Use of the Gaza War" and Doug reads the opening remarks he gave at the Platypus panel "From Politics to Protest" last week. The Left Cannot Make Use of the Gaza War  https://sublationmedia.com/the-l

Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain respond to Midwestern Marxism's criticisms of the Frankfurt School and discuss Briahna Joy Gray's misstatements regarding the Twitter Files. Join us for a Second Hour on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/102008116 Support Us on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap

Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss how postmodernism lingers on in a political form, and how the remnants of the socialist left might find its way back to politics. Topics included: David Shields' documentary, the 2024 US election and Trump, the Strange Death of the American Creed, and can we feel good when things

Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss the struggle for civil liberties after the WPATH (World Professional Association of Transgender Health) document leak. How do we defend our civil rights and civil liberties even as we address the revelations that "gender affirming care" is more dangerous than previously believed

Gord and the two Ashleys discuss the modern state of leftism: what remains of it, and how to navigate the upside-down world where the professional-managerial elites have hijacked the conversation.